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lible Necessity and Use of a good Retriever The most 

 promising Breed Experiments and Observations Im- 

 portance of Discipline A Field Day 233 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Four-footed Vermin Less Destructive than the Human 

 Poacher The Fox Conflicting Interests of the Fox- 

 hunter and Game-preserver Wild Cat Its Predatory 

 Habits and Ferocity House Cats running Wild A 

 Retriever Cat The Marten The Polecat, Stoat, and 

 Weasel Utility of the Weasel Anecdote The Hedge- 

 hogDevours Eggs The Mole Not only Harmless but 

 Beneficial Witnesses to his Good Character The 

 Squirrel unjustly Accused Trial without Jury. . . 249 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



DEATH OF THE MALLARD . . . Frontispiece. 



1 OFF AT LAST' 68 



THE OLD POACHER'S SPRINGE ..... 150 

 GROUSE AND ' SCAUL CROWS ' 206 



